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On the elusive notion of meta-agreement
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2013)Public deliberation has been defended as a rational and noncoercive way to overcome paradoxical results from democratic voting, by promoting consensus on the available alternatives on the political agenda. Some critics ... -
Two novel aggregation-based algebraic multigrid methods
(2013)In the last two decades, substantial effort has been devoted to solve large systems of linear equations with algebraic multigrid (AMG) method. Usually, these systems arise from discretizing partial differential equations ... -
Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of EaLsc, a levansucrase from Erwinia amylovora
(International Union of Crystallography, 2013)The Gram-negative bacterium Erwinia amylovora is a destructive pathogen of Rosaceae. During infection, E. amylovora produces the exopolysaccharide levan, which contributes to the occlusion of plant vessels, causing the ... -
Intraspecific phenotypic variability of plant functional traits in contrasting mountain grassland habitats
(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2013)Empirical studies that link plants intraspecific variation to environmental conditions are almost lacking, despite their relevance in understanding mechanisms of plant adaptation, in predicting the outcome of environmental ... -
Effect of the myostatin locus on muscle mass and intramuscular fat content in a cross between mouse lines selected for hypermuscularity
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background This study is aimed at the analysis of genetic and physiological effects of myostatin on economically relevant meat quality traits in a genetic background of high muscularity. For this purpose, we generated ... -
Romantic relationships in adolescents with internalizing and externalizing problems
(2013)The main focus of this study was to examine the influence that individual’ psychological problems have on involvement and quality of adolescents’ romantic relationships. A sample of 621 adolescents (308 males and 313 ... -
Semi–parametric approximation of the Kendall's distribution and multivariate Return Periods
(Société Francaise de Statistique, 2013)In this work we outline a constructive approach for the approximation of Kendall’s distribution function and Kendall’s Return Period in the bivariate case. First, we introduce a suitable theoretical framework, based on the ... -
Il prestito verbale nel contatto italiano-tedesco
(2013)The topic of this paper is lexical borrowing and in particular borrowing and adaptation processes that involve verbs. Within the framework of loanword typology, the four verbal borrowing strategies introduced by [Wohlgemuth ... -
On the interrelation between Dempster-Shafer belief structures and their belief cumulative distribution functions
(2013)We consider Dempster–Shafer belief structures (DSBSs) mm having finitely many non-empty compact intervals as focal elements and prove several results describing the interrelation between DSBSs and their so-called Belief ...
